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Out of School Hours Care Worker
OFO Code: 531104
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 531104
- Occupation
- Out of School Hours Care Worker
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 5311 · Child Care Workers
Official description
Child care workers provide care and supervision for children in residential homes and in before-school, after-school, vacation and day care centres.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Playleader, Schoolchildren Attendant, After School Care Attendant
- Assisting children to wash, dress and feed themselves
- Managing children's behaviour and guiding their social development
- Assisting in the preparation of materials and equipment for children's education and recreational activities
- Observing and monitoring children's play activities
- Taking children to and from school or outdoors for recreation
- Disciplining children and recommending or initiating other measures to control behaviour, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books
- Keeping records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered
- Playing games with children, or entertaining them by reading or storytelling
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned